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Description: | Cast copper alloy, post medieval buckle frame. The frame is rectangular and 46.8mm long, 32.7mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 15.7 grams.The strap bar is narrowed and recessed, sub-rectangular in cross section, 36.4mm long and 3.0mm thick, it curves outwards slightly. Both sides are almost flat on the inside edge, they are 4.2mm wide in the centre but expand in width and thickness towards both ends creating oval lobes, the lobe by the strap bar is 8.0mm wide by 4.4mm thick, that at the opposite end 5.2mm wide by 4.0mm thick. Beyond the lobes by the strap bar are projecting knobs which takes the sides 3.5mm beyond the strap bar.The side opposite the strap bar has a projecting outer lip 2.1mm wide and is decorated with short indents along the edge closest to the strap bar, there is no obvious pin rest. The corners between the sides and the bar where the pin would rest are cut by a groove which runs around the front and edges of the frame.The frame is similar to Whitehead (2003) page 28, No. 152.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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